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Searching for a female name might result in being asked if you actually meant to search for a similar looking man's name. Alternative (male) names were offered when searching for many popular names. Stephanie became Stephen. Andrea became Andrew; Danielle became Daniel. Alexa became Alex. The suggestions did not it seem work the other way. No one searching for Stephen was asked if they actually meant to look for Stephanie.

When asked about the disparity, LinkedIn claimed that its suggested alternatives were generated automatically by past searchers, despite the fact that LinkedIn's users are pretty much evenly split between men and women.